News Headlines Archive

Februrary 8, 2008

Miscellaneous

Bird flu: Bengal incurs loss of Rs 500 crore Rs. 11,602.38-crore annual plan for West Bengal finalised Miser Bengal sleeps on welfare money - Funds for job scheme remain unspent New Year brings mixed emotions for Kolkata Chinese Somnath exhorts honest persons to join politics 5 cows die of suspected anthrax in West Bengal Two film institutes to be upgraded to global standards Kailash rocks Kolkata! Konkona does her first TV commercial

The Statesman

31 August deadline for photo IDs Advani: Cong launches counter-attack Bandh suspends classes Cattle vaccinated after anthrax scare Culling on in Assam, Bihar HOW IT WORKS Inspiring the next generation It may rain a little today Mysterious disease kills honeybees Nations first e-governance project opens Now, Delhi L-G triggers a row Quake hits five districts, one dies Sector V struggles on strike day Soil crisis hits Kerala duck farmers Sporadic violence marks bandh States urged to follow Bengals ESI model Workers want better care at ESI hospital

The Telegraph

Firing defence: police feared all-out attack Rights notice to state Medical student in JEE net Pirated Aamir in teacher course 3 days on, allies call for probe Writers quit book fair panel Fair site to hawker hub Furtive vendors clear ‘old stocks’ Gas fuelled fire, tenant toll 2 JU spat puts off meeting Clash on campus, 4 injured Taxi tiff leads to ransack Bank robbed at gunpoint Rally ban at hospitals  You share your birthday with... What's on in town Panther to shield airport from fire Morcha eyes youth power Foresters fire pellets, kill 19-year-old Hope for ‘lost’ kids Gang steals 13.75 lakh from rural bank Paresh mum on office ransack Bloc to frame murder case 3 days on, allies want a probe Whiff of sorcery in girl’s death

Times of India

Year-old 'sacrificed' in Malda village Police open fire again, 4 hurt Cop's gun snatched, used to loot bank Second death in Howrah gas attack Kidnapped schoolboy returns home In trams, it's winter till March Tyre bursts, flight averts crash Wet weekend may bring back chill Gas plot to kill tenants

Indian Express

KMC collects Rs 40 lakh as property tax in a raid 12-year-old succumbs to injuries Tribals demand ID proof to avail of schemes Govt forms panel to assess steel projects Rs 4 lakh robbed from UCO Bank in Howrah Former CM’s advice to Taslima: Omit offensive passages from book Poultry ban likely to be lifted by Tuesday Consulate decision in Kolkata based on geography, not CPM Rs 4 lakh robbed from UCO Bank in Howrah Three injured as students clash in Presidency Centre willing to consider smaller petro SEZ: Paswan Ministry in favour of revision of steel prices Mini front meet to decide on future action Nandigram: CBI probes policemen Biman Bose asked to file affidavit on BJP petition Cops henpecked at Writers’ as chickens come home to roost CM’s peace offering to Bloc: Two Dinhata cops Cops open fire in Bankura, 1 hurt Rift in Bar association, members argue in court room

Asian Age

Police opens fire in Bankura Protests after passenger falls off train, dies Dinhata case: 2 senior cops transferred State likely to lift poultry ban UCO Bank in Liluah looted State sets up expert land body Class 6 boy foils abduction attempt Centre yet to get report from WB

Hindustan Times

Bandh affects life in Bengal, 166 bandh supporters arrested West Bengal bans poultry trade due to bird flu Mild tremor felt in south Bengal Shattered by mother's death, siblings commit suicide

Sports

Bose back to old wicket ways Chennai Superstars trounce Kolkata Tigers SQUASH - Abdel Aziz Earns Semi-Final Place In Kolkata